24 JULY 1971, page 19

Auberon Waugh On A Rambling Gothic Extravaganza

The Onion Eaters J. P. Donleavy (Eyre and Spottiswoode £1.75) Few novels have caused me such sustained and intense pleasure as Mr Donleavy's rambling gothic extravaganza.......

John Beer On Criticism, Quotation And Impromptu Comment

Poetry towards Novel John Speirs (Faber £3.75) "The indivisibility of literature comes home to me more and more," muses Mr Speirs in a parenthesis towards the end of his book,......